According to preliminary results, the Kurdistan Democratic Party has a large lead in votes.
According to preliminary results, the Kurdistan Democratic Party has a large lead in votes.
2024-10-21
The Independent High Electoral Commission is likely to announce the results of the sixth elections in the Kurdistan Region this Monday afternoon since the establishment of the region in 1992, after a six-year hiatus from holding elections, as they were postponed more than once. The last elections were held in 2018 and were scheduled to be held in 2021, but they were postponed more than once due to various circumstances and major political differences.
The initial results showed that the Kurdistan Democratic Party had a large lead in votes, while the New Generation won more seats compared to the previous elections in 2018.
The political map at the level of the major parties at the top did not change much in these elections, but at the same time it carried surprises and major differences at the third and fourth levels, as the New Generation Movement jumped in the number of votes to approach the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, while the Islamic parties declined.
In numbers, the Kurdistan Democratic Party obtained about 700 thousand votes, which is a number close to or slightly higher than what it obtained in the previous elections in 2018.
While the National Union obtained 350 thousand votes, which is slightly higher than what it obtained in the previous elections in 2018.
The New Generation Movement came in third place, receiving more than 300,000 votes, a big jump compared to less than 130,000 votes in the previous elections in 2018.
With these votes, the new generation replaced the Kurdish Islamic alliances, which together received just over 100,000 votes in this election, compared to over 280,000 votes in the 2018 elections.
burathanews.com
